Museum Educator [email protected] Great Citizens Teacher’s Guide Contents The Galt’s Mission .......................................................................................... 2 Program Overview .......................................................................................... 2 Program Length .............................................................................................. 2 Curriculum Connections ................................................................................. 3 Confirmation, Cancellations, and Contact Information.................................. 3 Payment ........................................................................................................... 3 Expectations for Visitors ................................................................................ 4 The Role of Adult Supervisors ....................................................................... 5 Your Arrival at the Galt .................................................................................. 5 Background Information for Great Citizens ................................................... 6 Pre- and Post-Activities ................................................................................ 14 Your Galt Program ........................................................................................ 17 Glossary ........................................................................................................ 18 Evaluation ..................................................................................................... 18 his teacher’s guide offers background information and ideas for classroom activities designed to complement a visit to the Galt. It contains information to assist you in planning your visit, Tinformation and activities for both before and after your visit, and outlines what you can expect from your education program. The Galt’s Mission The Galt Museum & Archives engages and educates our communities in the human history of Southwestern Alberta by preserving and sharing collections, stories and memories that define our identity and guide our future. Program Overview Students will understand characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historic figures and ordinary people of southern Alberta. This program is further designed to help students understand how these historical figures have helped shape our community and our history. Through biographies, anecdotes, stories, and more, students will further develop their understanding of responsible citizenship. Some of the citizenship themes students may explore include honesty, compassion, respect, responsibility, courage, leadership, hard work, and dedication. Please let the Galt know if there is a specific person or persons on whom you would like to focus and the Galt will try to accommodate this (for example, someone for whom your school is named). Program Length Good Citizens runs throughout the school year and is designed to be 90 minutes in length. Groups wishing to remain for a longer time, should make arrangements with the Museum Educator. Great Citizens 2 Curriculum Connections This program looks at citizenship and what makes good, responsible citizens. This program is also designed to help students understand the concepts of time and chronology, and develop their historical thinking skills. Written to complement the ECS and grade 1 curricula, this program is flexible enough to be suitable for all elementary grades. Social Studies K.2.2 Students will value and respect significant people in their lives and appreciate the important contributions of individuals at home, at school, and in the community. Social Studies K.S.2 Students will develop skills of historical thinking. Social Studies 1.2.2 Students will analyze how their families and communities in the present are influence by events or people of the past. Social Studies 1.S.2 Students will develop skills of historical thinking. Confirmation, Cancellations, and Contact Information Your program has been scheduled as per the information on your confirmation sheet. If you have any questions about your booking or the program, please contact the Museum Educator at [email protected] or (403) 320-4248. If you must cancel or reschedule a program, please let us know as soon as possible. We will try to fit your class in at another time as time permits. Payment Payments can be made in advance of the program or on the day of the program. The Galt accepts VISA, Mastercard, debit, cash, and cheques. Cheques should be made out to the Galt Museum & Archives or City of Lethbridge. If payment is made in advance, receipts will be available on the day of the program. Otherwise, receipts will be mailed out to the school. The payment amount is $45 per class per program. Great Citizens 3 Expectations for Visitors • There should be one or two adult supervisors per class (this may include yourself). More adults are always welcome and there is no cost for adult supervisors. Younger siblings accompanying the class with their parents are also most welcome to attend the program. • Running is not permitted in the Galt. There is green space to the south of the Galt if the class requires a space to stretch their legs. • In order to protect and preserve the artifacts, drinks, food, and chewing gum are not permitted in the galleries or Archives. Drinking and eating are permitted in the Viewing Gallery. • Because they are fragile and irreplaceable, artifacts on display should not be touched or handled. • It is requested that there be no flash photography in the galleries. Light can, over time, damage the artifacts. Flash photography can be taken in the viewing gallery and programming areas (ie classroom). • Visitors are not required to whisper in the Galt. Indoor voices are preferred. • Washrooms are located on the main floor in the east area of the building (old part of the building). Great Citizens 4 The Role of Adult Supervisors Adult supervisors are an integral part of the Galt’s programs. The following suggestions are provided to help make their role clearer and easier to manage. Some teachers find it useful to photocopy these suggestions for their adult supervisors. Float around and assist during the activities. Maintain the focus of the activities as you assist students through the activities. Remind students what they are trying to discover and help them troubleshoot problems they encounter. Depending on the activity, supply the students with answers to questions and additional information. Your Museum Education Volunteer (Docent) or Museum Educator will answer any questions you may have. If a question can not be answered during the program, it will be recorded and more information will be forwarded to the school. Assist in keeping students together. Ensure that students do not: run in the galleries, touch the artifacts on display, or drink or chew gum in the exhibits. Ask any available staff for assistance if there is an emergency. Encourage the students to ask questions and get involved. Enjoy your visit. Your Arrival at the Galt • The Galt has a bus and vehicle parking lot north of the building. • Buses and vehicles may drop off and pick up students at the northeast corner of the building (using the east entrance). This is a fire access road so please do not leave vehicles here once they are emptied. • Please enter through the east entrance. There is a coat room down the hallway to your left as you enter. Please leave all coats and backpacks here. Students do not need to remove boots. This coat room is solely for the use of programs and is not for general visitors. • Galt staff will meet you at the east entrance. Great Citizens 5 Background Information for Great Citizens This list is by no means comprehensive but gives brief biographies of some of the southern Albertans students may be introduced to during the program. The Galt has also created short informational podcasts for the people who have photograph panels hanging in our Discovery Hall. These can be accessed at: http://www.galtmuseum.com/exhibits-podcasts.htm Andrews, Kate (Catherine) Teacher, school board member, 1st woman chair of a school board in Alberta, chair of the Lethbridge Junior College Board, on the Senate of the University of Alberta—these are just some of the achievement of Kate Andrew. Catherine (Kate) Brodie was born in Lethbridge in 1895. In 1912, shortly after graduation from grade 12, she took her first job teaching in a one-room school in Etzikom for a couple of months. She later attended Normal School in Calgary and taught in Stirling, Warner and Lethbridge. In 1921 she married William Andrews and moved to a farm in the McNally district. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953; in 1960 Kate Andrews High School in Coaldale was named for her; in 1966 she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta; and in January 1967 the Kate Andrews Building (Andrews Building) at the Lethbridge College was named for her. She died in 1967 at the age of 71. Buchanan, Senator William A. Publisher, Senator Born in Ontario, the son of a Methodist minister, William Buchanan moved out to Alberta in 1905. He bought a half interest in the Lethbridge Weekly Herald and soon bought the entire paper and became the publisher. In 1909, he was elected to the Alberta Legislature and in 1911 was elected as Member of Parliament. In 1924 he was appointed to the Senate, a position he held for 29 years. He made great contributions to the development of Lethbridge